Containers

The abstract basis class of the container elements is IWDUIElementContainer. The UIElementContainer UI element is the abstract base class of a container that can contain any number of UI elements known as children of the container. The display of the container children within the container is specified by the layout object.

The size of a container is specified using the properties width and height whose values can be specified in CSS units.

For each container you can maintain a default button that gets the focus, when the user clicks into the container.

The following container classes are available for the application developer:

• TransparentContainer

  The class TransparentContaineris a UI element container without any visual representation. A TransparentContainerUI element is transparent and can be filled with an any quantity of UI elements (children).

• ScrollContainer
• Group
• Tray

The ScrollContainer, Group and Tray provide the opportunity for horizontal and vertical scrolling.